Hymenopodinae is a

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of the

mantis Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...

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Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among them; these are called flower mantises. Their coloration is aggressive ...

Tribes and genera

The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists genera in two

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Anaxarchini

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Anaxarcha ''Anaxarcha'' is the type genus of Asian praying mantids of the tribe Anaxarchini: in the family Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family m ...

'' Stal, 1877 *''

Euantissa ''Odontomantis'' is a genus of mantids in the family Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among ...

'' Giglio-Tos, 1927 *''

Heliomantis ''Heliomantis'' is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae, subfamily Hymenopodinae. The genus is monotypic. Species The genus contains only one valid species: * ''Heliomantis elegans'' ( Navás, 1904) (lectotype: NE India ...

'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *''

Nemotha ''Nemotha'' is a genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: tribe Anaxarchini, containing a single described species, ''Nemotha metallica''. The genus was previously placed in the Iridopterygidae Iridopterygidae was a family of pr ...

'' Wood-Mason, 1884 *''

Odontomantis ''Odontomantis'' is a genus of mantids in the family Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among ...

'' Saussure, 1871 *'' Werneriana'' Shcherbakov, Ehrmann & Borer, 2016 - monotypic ''W. latipennis'' (Werner, 1930)

Hymenopodini

;subtribe Hymenopodina *'' Helvia'' (Stal, 1877) (synonym: ''Parymenopus'' (Wood-Mason, 1890)) *'' Hymenopus'' (Serville, 1831) *'' Theopropus'' (Saussure, 1898) ;subtribe Pseudocreobotrina *''

Chlidonoptera ''Chlidonoptera'' is an African genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae and tribe Hymenopodini.
Sven ...

'' (Karsch, 1892) *'' Chloroharpax'' (Werner, 1908) *''

Creobroter ''Creobroter'' is a genus of flower mantises in the tribe Hymenopodini; species are concentrated in Asia. The name comes from the Greek kreo-', meaning "flesh") and ''broter''" meaning "eating", therefore, "flesh-eating", an apt name for a pred ...

'' (Westwood, 1889) *'' Panurgica'' (Karsch, 1896) *'' Pseudocreobotra'' (Saussure, 1870)

Now placed in family Galinthiadidae

*'' Galinthias'' (Stal, 1877) (synonym '' Attalia'' (Uvarov, 1936)) *'' Harpagomantis'' (Kirby, 1899) *'' Pseudoharpax'' (Saussure, 1870)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5956595 Hymenopodidae Mantodea subfamilies

Tribes and genera

Anaxarchini

Hymenopodini

Now placed in family Galinthiadidae

See also

References